grip

Meaning

Verb

1. To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
2. Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
3. To firmly hold the attention of.

Noun

1. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
2. A handle or other place to grip.
3. Assistance; help or encouragement.
4. A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
5. Control, power or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
6. (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
7. A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
8. A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
9. A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
10. (slang) A lot of something.
11. (slang) A long time.
12. Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”).
13. A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
14. An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
15. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

Noun

A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.

Synonyms

grasp

hold

seize

clutch

handle

grab

catch

clasp

clench

haft

clamp

🗜️

influenza

capture

flu

knob

grapple

hold firmly

hilt

take

clutches

bite

fascinate

suitcase

travelling bag

traction

bag

take hold of

nip

seizure

handgrip

squeeze

firm hold

spellbind

adhere

hook

🪝

catch hold of

compress

butt

bobby pin

lock

🔒

stock

touch

transfix

occupy

understanding

overcome

valise

gripsack

pinch

hairgrip

clinch

traveling bag

press

prehend

adhesive friction

constrict

control

receive

overwhelm

lug

stick

knack

snatch

stop

🛑

apprehension

hold on to

hold tight

helve

portion

portmanteau

cling

grab onto

hold fast

brace

pressing

door handle

comprehension

nab

gripe

perception

grippe

mesh

trail

handhold

trap

🪤

claw

hunt

feeling

cling to

utilize

clip

governance

gripping

gripping device

groan

grouse

hair slide

handful

handlebar

hang onto

heft

hit

hitch

hockey stick

holder

holding

hold on

idea

💡

impugn

infect

infold

insight

intellect

jam

keep

keeping

ken

laying on

maintenance

manners

mesmerize

moan

musculature

notice

notion

overjoy

overpower

overrun

penetration

perceive

pick up

point

pommel

power

pressure

pull

pummel

purchase

🛍️

push down

raid

ravish

realization

recapture

regulation

reign

restrain

retain

rule

ruling

run across

run down

run up against

safety pin

🧷

satchel

savvy

scald

score

scroll

📜

session

signature

skill

spasm

squash

squat

stagehand

stitch

stopping

storage

strangulate

strike

tackle

take over

technique

tighten

tong

tongs

touching

trunk

upkeep

vice

whelm

whine

wrap

wrest

Gladstone

Gladstone bag

grasp firmly

hold close

lacrosse stick

lay one’s hands on

manner of dress

put into order

hold in the hand

manubrium

conception

grasp at

seize with teeth

hold tightly

move in on

intuitive feeling

grip-car

jaw vice

scene-shifter

grasping power

grip strength

absorb

affect

appeal

apprehend

approach

arrest

arrogate

ascendance

ascendancy

attack

👊

attain

attendance

attitude

barrette

bear

🐻

behavior

belief

bit

bog down

bowels

bring up

brush

captivate

captivity

care

carry

carry away

catch up

challenge

check

claws

cleave

clothing

cognizance

come over

complain

comportment

compression

conceptualisation

conceptuality

conceptualization

confiscate

contact

contest

corner

corral

cover

cramp

crease

crook

crosier

crosshead

crozier

crush

custody

cut off

deep

depths

discern

discernment

doorknob

dress

👗

ear-ring

elbow

encounter

encroach upon

end

🔚

enfold

engulf

enrapture

enthral

epidemic

estimation

excerpt

extract

fasten

fastener

fastening

field

fill

find

🔍

finger

flare

flatten

folder

fork out

fork over

furrow

get

golf club

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹɪp/

Etymology

From Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.